O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the … - William Gilbert

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We don't need fossils - the case for evolution is watertight without them; so it is paradoxical to use gaps in the fossil record as though they were evidence against evolution

William Gilbert

O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded!

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If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.

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You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it.

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The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.

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Look for knowledge not in books but in things themselves.

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I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever.

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We don't need fossils - the case for evolution is watertight without them; so it is paradoxical to use gaps in the fossil record as though they were evidence against evolution

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A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.

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Just as it is important in Latin America to discuss ideas that come from North America, I think it is interesting for North Americans to discuss ideas that come from Latin America or Africa and do not insert themselves into capitalist interests.

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I enjoyed showing a bit more leg in the last few stories. It was good fun, but it can be quite sexist. But it doesnt worry me personally all that much.

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